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- Editor's choice
Updated to include details on the following Commentary and insights: Employment Rights Act 2025 unfair dismissal changes - insights from our webinar, Men at Work - Rethinking Mental Health, Support and Cancel Culture, Reintegration after incarceration - Challenging workplace stigma against ex-offenders, Mindful DEI - Allocating space for compassion during the age of burnout and promote our podcast on trade union reforms.
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- Date:
- 22 May 2026
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- News
The Government has laid the Equality and Human Rights Commission's draft updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations before Parliament. Having received ministerial approval, Parliament now has 40 days to scrutinise the code. If it does not reject it, the Government will set a date for it to come into force.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The recent case of Ngole v Touchstone clarifies that, when concerns are raised about how an employee manifests a religious belief, employer action should be directed at how an employee's religious belief is expressed, rather than at the belief itself, regardless of how objectionable and upsetting that belief may be.
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- Date:
- 15 May 2025
- Type:
- News
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has extended its planned consultation on an updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations - following the Supreme Court's biological sex judgment - from two to six weeks.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
As a result of the Supreme Court's For Women Scotland decision, updated to set out an approach for employers to adopt for providing toilets and facilities.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Updated to strengthen the message that organisations should continue to support transgender and non-binary equality in the workplace following the For Women Scotland Supreme Court decision, including how to manage gender-identity beliefs and gender-critical beliefs in the workplace.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
As a result of the Supreme Court's For Women Scotland decision, updated to refine the definition of "sex" for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
Updated with additional information about the Supreme Court's For Women Scotland decision and the Equality and Human Rights Commission's forthcoming guidance on the implications of the decision. See Future developments for the latest on the EHRC's draft updated statutory code of practice for services, public functions and associations.
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- Policies and procedures
As a result of the Supreme Court's For Women Scotland decision, updated to: strengthen the message that gender reassignment remains a protected characteristic (particularly in the Our commitment and Awareness training sections of the policy); set out an approach for employers to adopt in the Toilets and facilities section of the policy; and refine the definition of "sex" in the policy's glossary (as well as add definitions of "gender-affirmative belief" and "gender-critical belief"). See Future developments for the latest on the EHRC's draft updated statutory code of practice for services, public functions and associations.
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- Date:
- 6 May 2025
- Type:
- News
An interim update by the equality watchdog on the practical implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of sex in the Equality Act has been described as 'ill-considered and impractical', with some MPs calling for it to be withdrawn.